Chris O’Kane
@budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social
Middle aged punk from a Quaker family.
Aspiring Danish Marxist
Working on finishing a book on A Critical Theory of Capitalist Social Domination while I train to be a clinical social worker.
Full Communism Now
Aspiring Danish Marxist
Working on finishing a book on A Critical Theory of Capitalist Social Domination while I train to be a clinical social worker.
Full Communism Now
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Really astounding (racist) sh*t
The new National Security Strategy of the U.S. contains some pretty explicit white nationalism:
“We want to support our allies in preserving the freedom and security of
Europe, while restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity.”
“We want to support our allies in preserving the freedom and security of
Europe, while restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity.”
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Really astounding (racist) sh*t
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the reason its bad to run universities like businesses is that almost all businesses fail on any reasonable timeline of evaluation.
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
They claim financial exigency, but then turn down $4 million pledges to keep the PhD programs open and disregard financial analyses that point to the real problem—bad real estate deals, spending on consultants, and their own salaries 2/2
December 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
the reason its bad to run universities like businesses is that almost all businesses fail on any reasonable timeline of evaluation.
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
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Maximally auratic and somewhat reproducible: Walter Benjamin’s original notes on what aura is on San Pellegrino paper (1936-9)
December 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Maximally auratic and somewhat reproducible: Walter Benjamin’s original notes on what aura is on San Pellegrino paper (1936-9)
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So many of these institutions of higher education bringing about their own demise in totally preventable ways…
They claim financial exigency, but then turn down $4 million pledges to keep the PhD programs open and disregard financial analyses that point to the real problem—bad real estate deals, spending on consultants, and their own salaries 2/2
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
So many of these institutions of higher education bringing about their own demise in totally preventable ways…
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They claim financial exigency, but then turn down $4 million pledges to keep the PhD programs open and disregard financial analyses that point to the real problem—bad real estate deals, spending on consultants, and their own salaries 2/2
December 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
They claim financial exigency, but then turn down $4 million pledges to keep the PhD programs open and disregard financial analyses that point to the real problem—bad real estate deals, spending on consultants, and their own salaries 2/2
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Speaking as a private citizen on a matter of public concern, yes leadership is apparently planning to cut 50% of the faculty at the New School for Social Research in order to eliminate social research and replace scholarship with a trendy MA degree mill For the 21st Century 1/
December 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Speaking as a private citizen on a matter of public concern, yes leadership is apparently planning to cut 50% of the faculty at the New School for Social Research in order to eliminate social research and replace scholarship with a trendy MA degree mill For the 21st Century 1/
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Why am I not surprised? It was obvious this was bound to happen when they built that ugly flagship building—there was some controversy but can’t remember what exactly.
They claim financial exigency, but then turn down $4 million pledges to keep the PhD programs open and disregard financial analyses that point to the real problem—bad real estate deals, spending on consultants, and their own salaries 2/2
December 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Why am I not surprised? It was obvious this was bound to happen when they built that ugly flagship building—there was some controversy but can’t remember what exactly.
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it’s the perfect higher ed admin endpoint: incredibly lazy, a total betrayal of education as an ideal, and seething with hate for faculty
“School officials have created a Microsoft Copilot prompt to review course descriptions with an eye toward avoiding ‘advocacy-oriented or prescriptive terms.’”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
To Root Out Wokeness in the Course Catalog, This Texas University Is Turning to AI
“The AI was upset with my use of the phrase ‘women's rights movement.’”
www.texasmonthly.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
it’s the perfect higher ed admin endpoint: incredibly lazy, a total betrayal of education as an ideal, and seething with hate for faculty
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I spoke with Any Lucía López Belloza, the Babson College student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when ICE deported her.
"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.
www.thecut.com/article/any-...
"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.
www.thecut.com/article/any-...
I Wanted to Surprise My Family on Thanksgiving. ICE Deported Me Instead.
How the Trump administration turned a college freshman’s life upside down.
www.thecut.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I spoke with Any Lucía López Belloza, the Babson College student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when ICE deported her.
"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.
www.thecut.com/article/any-...
"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.
www.thecut.com/article/any-...
alongside tenured professors from private universities and the countless TT and non-tenure track firings we will probably never know about.
December 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
alongside tenured professors from private universities and the countless TT and non-tenure track firings we will probably never know about.
Touching but hard to read all these posts by people who were indelibly shaped by Asad’s teaching at a time when admin are hell bent on dismantling one of the institutions he taught at. My condolences to his students. We need a new world.
December 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Touching but hard to read all these posts by people who were indelibly shaped by Asad’s teaching at a time when admin are hell bent on dismantling one of the institutions he taught at. My condolences to his students. We need a new world.
This is just too sad. Can’t say anything more than my love to those who loved him and those he loved.
December 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This is just too sad. Can’t say anything more than my love to those who loved him and those he loved.
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I enjoyed this paper a lot -- a good companion to "Telling the Truth about Class" by G.M. Tamas, IMHO.
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I enjoyed this paper a lot -- a good companion to "Telling the Truth about Class" by G.M. Tamas, IMHO.
Good riddance
Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
Google Scholar Is Doomed
Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?
hannahshelley.neocities.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Good riddance
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Among leftists & fascists alike, children are often reduced to a mere idea. There are plenty who speak on behalf of children without building solidarity with actual children. Even with the most liberationist intentions, this is rooted in adult supremacy. It has to start with kids.
December 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Among leftists & fascists alike, children are often reduced to a mere idea. There are plenty who speak on behalf of children without building solidarity with actual children. Even with the most liberationist intentions, this is rooted in adult supremacy. It has to start with kids.
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Thinking of my partner and her colleages at Ursinus College as their admins start the process of laying off more faculty and staff. Just ridiculous and terrible smh
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Thinking of my partner and her colleages at Ursinus College as their admins start the process of laying off more faculty and staff. Just ridiculous and terrible smh
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Intense levels of Danish Marxism heating up cold Toronto tomorrow:
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Intense levels of Danish Marxism heating up cold Toronto tomorrow:
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I reviewed every individual chapter of Kevin Anderson's The Late Marx's Revolutionary Roads. It's a great book for everyone interested in versions of Marx relevant for feminism, antiracism, or decolonisation. Anderson shows that Marx himself was already on the right track!
bsky.app/profile/timc...
bsky.app/profile/timc...
Just finished Kevin Anderson’s new book on colonialism, gender, and non-Western postcapitalism from @versobooks.bsky.social. It’s great! I used to do book summaries on Twitter, but Bluesky doesn’t seem to encourage that stuff. Would there be interest in a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of the book?
December 1, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I reviewed every individual chapter of Kevin Anderson's The Late Marx's Revolutionary Roads. It's a great book for everyone interested in versions of Marx relevant for feminism, antiracism, or decolonisation. Anderson shows that Marx himself was already on the right track!
bsky.app/profile/timc...
bsky.app/profile/timc...
Will be speaking at this virtually tomorrow: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/...
Trying to argue that Rose's critique of Marxism/Critical Theory is still important for the development of critical marxism....
Trying to argue that Rose's critique of Marxism/Critical Theory is still important for the development of critical marxism....
Gillian Rose: History, Marxism, and the Turn to Law
warwick.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Will be speaking at this virtually tomorrow: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/...
Trying to argue that Rose's critique of Marxism/Critical Theory is still important for the development of critical marxism....
Trying to argue that Rose's critique of Marxism/Critical Theory is still important for the development of critical marxism....
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I haven’t read it yet so I don’t want to misspeak but in my heart of hearts I feel and suspect this is the book everyone should be reading instead of Haidt’s “The Anxious Generation”
December 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I haven’t read it yet so I don’t want to misspeak but in my heart of hearts I feel and suspect this is the book everyone should be reading instead of Haidt’s “The Anxious Generation”
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There is going to be a lot more resistance to the Trump administration from Senators in the coming months and years because he's at 60% disapproval and lots of these people want to run for president
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
There is going to be a lot more resistance to the Trump administration from Senators in the coming months and years because he's at 60% disapproval and lots of these people want to run for president
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November 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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This is tomorrow! If you're in NY, come through 👇🏽
NYC book launch event “Fifty Years of Marxist Feminism” featuring Alyssa Battistoni, Robyn Marasco, Aaron Jaffe, & Rachel Schreiber is coming up on December 2. Register to make sure you get a spot, and tell your friends who may be interested.
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This is tomorrow! If you're in NY, come through 👇🏽